Category: Lloyd Lofthouse

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Some years ago, I visited Constitution Hall in Philadelphia with my then-young children. The guide, a young man, said, “One of the most momentous events in world history happened in this room.” Long pause. He continued: “George Washington decided not to run for re-election. He could have but he didn’t. He could have appointed…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: One of the great all-time Broadway shows was Mel Brooks’ “The Producers,” starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane (based on the movie with Zero Mostel). The two men were failed producers who came up with a brilliant idea: raise lots of money to produce a really terrible play, which would quickly close as a…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Newsweek reports that the George W. Bush administration “lost” 22 million emails covering a time of crucial decisions about the war in Iraq. “For 18 months, Republican strategists, political pundits, reporters and Americans who follow them have been pursuing Hillary Clinton’s personal email habits, and no evidence of a crime has been found. But…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: The one issue that should be on every parents mind and the presidential candidates is what’s known as the alleged “school to prison” pipeline, and how to deal with this issue instead of making it worse. While Hillary Clinton has a long, committed record advocating for women and children, all we…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Jonathan Pelto reports on the big money that will flow into the Massachusetts referendum on expanding charters. Most of it will flow from the coffers of hedge fund managers, who never showed any prior interest in improving public schools but get excited by the opportunity to privatize them. He writes: A group of billionaires…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: http://childrenaremorethantestscores.blogspot.com/2016/09/who-decides.html?m=1 Jesse Turner is known as “the walking man.” He walked from Connecticut to D.C. inn 2010 to protest the overuse of mandated testing and its negative effects on children. He did it again in 2015. His blog is called “children are more than test scores.” This is his latest. It is called “Who…

As schools have relied more heavily on technology, they’ve invited big business into a space that is supposed to be private. Source: The Child Predator We Invite into Our Schools